Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-17
CAPTURED.
Two San Francisco DyRa-
miters Arrested by
the Police.
New Steamship Line for
the Mexican Trade.
snsW B'srktds % the csalFal Pacific
Rallsad Esl fsl Rand.
ssory q the Wrecked Dawn-0ns g.
A. r Pest Asserts Issslf-Los By
The Wrecks a. Los Angeles
Belief that the Storm Is Past.
The Wisconsin Ashore.

San Franeises Dynamiaers cnpsurea.
ean FnAnsnco, Feb. le.-Ths psrpe.
tratsrs ef the recent frequent dynamite
outraQes On the GeaKy and HRtssr HtFesi
railroads have besn captured By The
poaioa. Ohief ef Polioe Crowley, Oap
tain Lees and gix poliesmen saw Q man
at I o'clock this mornicR In the act oi
placing s0methiDg on the 6atter street
railroad. The oficeEs closed upon him,
and noticing them be started 30 run.
He cid net heed the order 20 stop, bat
ran on and wag seen 10 throw . dyna-
mite cartridge into q earden, from
where it waB recovered By the polioa.
Ten shots we're fred at tbs man, bat
without eject. One Of the policemen
anAlly captured him- The NAN proved
10 Be J. E. Hsisses. one Of the striking
carmen formerly employed on the Hut-
ter street road. TIE police visited
Stietss' house and there found more
evidence Of bis guilt. On the sewing
machine they found some cuttings
from the very piece Of siiesia with
ghich the bomb was covered. They
found thread Of the same size ard color
e. that with which tbs bomb vas sewn.
They also found Q copper oap boz,
ghich had doubtless contained the oaps
with which the bomb YES provided.
Stietes In PRISON stated that be had
made an sRpofntment With nzan whom
be called Fred Williams 10 place the
cartridge on the track at the time be
was captured. The police have also
captured b. O. Deane. in whose houss
vas found . quantity Of dynamite fuse.
Stiets claims that be had no inten-
ton Of placing dynamite on the car
track, bat Fred Williams had told him
that be was going TO pot q cartridge on
the SuttsF street track and asked him
70 accompany him. Stiets says be vent
with Williams for the purpose Of OBJ
tanning evidence, and had intended 10
expose him 20 the police.
The latter dieoredit Siiets' story.
Nothing has been discovered Of the al
legged Fred Williams. The polics ar
rested the man Dean, a. they believed
be Wae implicated in the dynamite plot.
Dean claims that be 10 innocent Of the
entire affair, and says be hsd no knoWl-
edge Of she dynamite material fonnd In
bis house. He was formerly In the en-
ploy Of the North Beach and Mission
Railroad.
new InteFnatissaI Steamship Eane.
sEn FHAnc1soo, Feb. IA contract
has been entered into between the Mex
loan Government and MessRs. Louis
Huller a Co. Of Hartford, Connecticut,
for the establishment ef an interna-
tional steamship line TO ply between
San Diego and Central American and
Mexican ports. Three first class Steam
ers are 10 be put into the service By the
company, one Of which, the Carlos Pa
cho, was recently built at this port.
The two Others will be purchased in
Europe. The vessels Of the company
are 70 sail under the Mexican haR. the
company TO receive &300O subsidy from
the Mexican Governments for each
roand trip voyage during the drst i've
years. $1,000 per voyage during the SEQ
ond fiye years, and $4,000 during the rc-
naming ten years OF the contract. Lt
is announced that the first steamer will
leave San Diego about the LIST Of August
next.
Net Raised Yet.
eAN FRANczsco, Feb. l6.-Ths snow
Blockade on she Central Pacific, which
vas expected would be raised this m0rn
~
here from the East for three daya The
blockade would have been raised bad Il
not been for the collapse Of the snow
sheds between Oolfax and Blue Canyon
last night, which permitted the snow 10
accumulate at . new plaoe. Il also
caused the wrtbk Of the snow plow and
the derailment Of SIX engines which
we're engaged In clearing the track. Ne
one, however. vas seriously hurs By the
accident. A wFecking train has been
ssnt 10 the scene. and Superintendent
Fillmore expresses the opinion that
traffic will be resumed during the night.
Among the snoW-bsund passengers 90
ina eastward are John w. Maekey. en-
ronts 10 Virginia City, and she Louis
ville Baseball Oiub.
story Of she Wrecked Dawn.
SAN FaAncrsoo, Feb. 16.-Ths steamer
Empire, which arrived from Nanaimo
this morning. brooeht Oapt. A. II.
OhuFch and EnRinees O. HaFmon. Of
the stsan aohooner Dawn. The Dawn,
whiIs sseaminR aFound Astoria. Oregon,
on Feb. 80. exploded ono Of her steam
pipes and drifted over the bar 20 the
go. On the 12th, When forty miles OF
Yaquina City, she vas picked uD By the
steamer Empire. Oapt. ButlsE, Of ths
latter vessel. attempted 70 tou her into
Coos Bay, hut on aeoOant Of heavy seas
be wes prevented from doing 90. Fast
eniaR Q hawsaF 70 the Dawn be en-
deavored 20 bEiBg her 10 this port. The
haussE, however, parted and be wAs
s0npsllsd 10 let her 90.
one Pssf ksseFsa ltaelf.
sAx FSAnozsoo, Feb. 16.-The George
Il. Thomas Post, @ A. X. has sdopsed
8 resolution urging Congress to take
snch action ~ will secure the inal pas
saes Of the Dspsndest Penaioz bill.
Lsss ~ the WRECKS.
Los AHoxz.xs, Feb. I6.-The ureek of
the ship Kennebee and The bsFksntine
San Lots 81 San Pedro On Monday
night involves iess Of tl00l000.
Believe shs STERN ls Passed
Los AN0RLEs Feb. le.-The storm is
apparently over and the railroads are
being rAPidly repaired. Tke trains
now runnine aeross both bridges over
tee Loa Angeles River. Railroad com.
munioafion eaat has been Fe-0pened
and Il 10 expected that comwnoioafion
VIII ~ A@4&4 - Is ~ N44EAfAA494I~A A4AAa
eveuinQ. Tue breaks on the CAlafornin
Southern 10 Temec1la CAnysn and
Ozioa Pass have prevented tks trains
from running. Il h believed thai 70
n Fruw evening trains wiil be FBnnine
smoothly In all dirsSsiona.
Wlscenaln AsheFe.
NKw Yonx. Fsh. ls-The 0eion Lin,
Steamship Wisconsin. from Livaspao
for NeW Ycrk. = ashnrs % ths bar flf.
ten miles sast Of Fire Isiand- The
stranded vssssl waa discovered at 81
| shia mnrninR, when The fc@ that had
pssvailed dnFinE he niRht lifted. Ehl
q hard On the beach and Q heavy nsa 4
running. No eommunlcatton has ~
ben had vita ths vesssi ffom The beach
bns her passengers and mails AFs siated
/ b - ssfs.
LAFMB-Tha steAmsF Wisounsin Iosl
her rnader and ruddeF posi. bot oiheF
wiss u In good eondition- Ehe "a